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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last month (2026-08)

Paper	Accesses
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	54
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	50
The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from a century of growth Thilo N. Albers, Morten Jerven, Marvin Suesse	24
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	23
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	23
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	22
Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times Denis Cogneau, Alexander Moradi	22
Capitalism in pre-colonial Africa Morten Jerven	21
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	21
INCOME INEQUALITY IN COLONIAL AFRICA: BUILDING SOCIAL TABLES FOR PRE-INDEPENDENCE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, IVORY COAST AND SENEGAL Guido Alfani, Federico Tadei	19
Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony Igor Martins	19

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Top papers by Downloads last month (2026-08)

Paper	Downloads
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	5
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	4
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	3
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	2
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	2
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	2
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	2
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	2
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	1
The Blessings of Medicine? Patient Characteristics and Health Outcomes in a Ugandan Mission Hospital, 1908-1970 Shane Doyle, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf	1

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last 3 months (2026-06 to 2026-08)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	191
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	155
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	107
IS AFRICA TOO LATE FOR ‘LATE DEVELOPMENT’? GERSCHENKRON SOUTH OF THE SAHARA Gareth Austin	107
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	94
THE GUN-SLAVE HYPOTHESIS AND THE 18TH CENTURY BRITISH SLAVE TRADE Warren C. Whatley	84
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	80
Capitalism in pre-colonial Africa Morten Jerven	75
From coercion to comppensation: Institutional responses to labour scarcity in teh Central African copperbelt Dacil Juif, Ewout Frankema	71
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	66

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Top papers by Downloads last 3 months (2026-06 to 2026-08)

Paper	Downloads
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	6
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	4
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	4
The Blessings of Medicine? Patient Characteristics and Health Outcomes in a Ugandan Mission Hospital, 1908-1970 Shane Doyle, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf	3
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	3
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	3
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	2
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	2
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	2
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	2

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	814
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	806
Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times Denis Cogneau, Alexander Moradi	780
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	779
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Political Authority in West Africa Warren C. Whatley	704
FINANCING THE AFRICAN COLONIAL STATE: THE REVENUE IMPERATIVE AND FORCED LABOUR Marlous van Waijenburg	672
Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema	667
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	645
Historical patterns of economic growth in Africa: A review Morten Jerven	641
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	630

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Top papers by Downloads all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Downloads
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	63
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	59
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	55
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	47
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	46
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	44
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	43
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	42
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	29
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	29

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